Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo write by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi. This book was released on 2014-11-04. Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Abandon your treasured delusions and hit the road with one of the most important Zen masters of twentieth-century Japan. Eschewing the entrapments of vanity, power, and money, "Homeless" Kodo Sawaki Roshi refused to accept a permanent position as a temple abbot, despite repeated offers. Instead, he lived a traveling, "homeless" life, going from temple to temple, student to student, teaching and instructing and never allowing himself to stray from his chosen path. He is responsible for making Soto Zen available to the common people outside of monasteries. His teachings are short, sharp, and powerful. Always clear, often funny, and sometimes uncomfortably close to home, they jolt us into awakening. Kosho Uchiyama expands and explains his teacher's wisdom with his commentary. Trained in Western philosophy, he draws parallels between Zen teachings and the Bible, Descartes, and Pascal. Shohaku Okumura has also added his own commentary, grounding his teachers’ power and sagacity for the contemporary, Western practitioner. Experience the timeless, practical wisdom of three generations of Zen masters.
The Zen Teaching of "Homeless Kôdô
The Zen Teaching of "Homeless Kôdô - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Zen Teaching of "Homeless Kôdô write by Kōshō Uchiyama. This book was released on 1981. The Zen Teaching of "Homeless Kôdô available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Opening the Hand of Thought
Opening the Hand of Thought - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Opening the Hand of Thought write by Kosho Uchiyama. This book was released on 2005-06-10. Opening the Hand of Thought available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For over thirty years, Opening the Hand of Thought has offered an introduction to Zen Buddhism and meditation unmatched in clarity and power. This is the revised edition of Kosho Uchiyama's singularly incisive classic. This new edition contains even more useful material: new prefaces, an index, and extended endnotes, in addition to a revised glossary. As Jisho Warner writes in her preface, Opening the Hand of Thought "goes directly to the heart of Zen practice... showing how Zen Buddhism can be a deep and life-sustaining activity." She goes on to say, "Uchiyama looks at what a person is, what a self is, how to develop a true self not separate from all things, one that can settle in peace in the midst of life." By turns humorous, philosophical, and personal, Opening the Hand of Thought is above all a great book for the Buddhist practitioner. It's a perfect follow-up for the reader who has read Zen Meditation in Plain English and is especially useful for those who have not yet encountered a Zen teacher.
The Zen Teaching of "Homeless" Kôdô
The Zen Teaching of "Homeless" Kôdô - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Zen Teaching of "Homeless" Kôdô write by Kôshô Uchiyama. This book was released on 1990. The Zen Teaching of "Homeless" Kôdô available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Discovering the True Self
Discovering the True Self - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Discovering the True Self write by Kodo Sawaki. This book was released on 2020-10-20. Discovering the True Self available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In easy-to-understand language, a 20th-century Zen master explains profound teachings from Zen Buddhism, offering an essential resource for anyone interested in Zen meditation. “You can’t see your true Self. [But] you can become it. Becoming your true Self is zazen.” Having come of age as an orphan in the slums of Tsu City, Japan, Kodo Sawaki had to fight his way to adulthood, and became one of the most respected Zen masters of the 20th century. He had a great understanding of Dogen Zenji’s teaching and he knew how to express Dogen’s philosophy in clear, easily–understood language. Sawaki’s primary mission was to bring all people to an awareness of the Self, which he believed came through Zen meditation. His humor and straightforward talk garnered Sawaki followers from all walks of life. Though he remained poor by choice, he was rich in spirit. Two of his students who became known in America as well as in Japan were Kosho Uchiyama, abbot of Antaiji Temple and author of Opening The Hand of Thought, and Gudo Nishijima, Zen teacher and translator of Dogen’s Shobogenzo. A student of Kosho Uchiyama, Arthur Braverman has compiled an anthology of Sawaki’s writings and a garland of sayings gathered from throughout his lifetime. One of a few collections of Sawaki’s teachings published in English, his life and work bracket the most intriguing and influential period of modern Zen practice in Japan and America.
